Sulfur Spring

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Sulfur Spring
Sulfur spring medium 1.png: Infobox image for Minecraft structure 'Sulfur Spring'

A sulfur spring is a feature that can be found on the Overworld surface above sulfur caves and consists of a pool of water surrounded by sulfur, sulfur spikes, and other rocks. The water pool contains potent sulfur that periodically erupts, creating a geyser.

Description

Sulfur springs generate only above sulfur caves on the surface in any overworld biome. They are small ponds surrounded by sulfur, cinnabar, tuff, granite, and sulfur spikes containing potent sulfur and magma blocks in a configuration suitable for geysers. They extend their roots of its blocks underground into the cave beneath, similar to the azalea tree.

They come in 10 variants across four sizes, with rarity increasing with size.

Structure

Name Blocks Image Weight
sulfur_spring_small_1 5000⁄31500
(15.873%)
sulfur_spring_small_2 5000⁄31500
(15.873%)
sulfur_spring_small_3 5000⁄31500
(15.873%)
sulfur_spring_small_4 5000⁄31500
(15.873%)
sulfur_spring_medium_1 3000⁄31500
(9.524%)
sulfur_spring_medium_2 3000⁄31500
(9.524%)
sulfur_spring_medium_3 3000⁄31500
(9.524%)
sulfur_spring_large_1 1000⁄31500
(3.175%)
sulfur_spring_large_2 1000⁄31500
(3.175%)
sulfur_spring_extra_large_1 500⁄31500
(1.587%)

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History

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2snap1Added sulfur springs.
snap5All variants of sulfur springs now produce geysers due to featuring magma blocks.[note 1]
snap6Updated all variants of sulfur springs.
Some sulfur spikes inside the water are not waterlogged.
snap7All sulfur spikes inside the springs are now waterlogged.[1]

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026
Preview 26.20.23Added sulfur springs.
26.30Preview 26.30.20Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay, including sulfur springs.
Preview 26.30.25All variants of sulfur springs now produce geysers due to featuring magma blocks.[note 1]
Preview 26.30.27Updated all variants of sulfur springs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Sulfur Spring" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

  • The first iteration of sulfur springs was inspired by geyser mounds before Mojang settled on the name "spring". The second iteration was inspired by volcanic and sulfur-rich formations such as the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park.[2]

Screenshots

Historical screenshots

Mojang screenshots

Notes

  1. ↑ a b Sulfur springs already featured magma blocks in previous versions.

References

  1. ↑ MC-307912 – Sulfur spikes in sulfur springs are not waterlogged – resolved as "Fixed".
  2. ↑ "Test the final features from the Chaos Cubed drop" by Cristina Anderca – Minecraft.net, May 5, 2026.

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